PTRSONALS

Barbara Skaggs, Salinas. Ce., ancl John W. Fleck, Jr., Phoenix, Az., havc received nt'1. sales recognition in (ieorgia-l'acific's "Sales Represcntative of the Qlrarter" awards.

Doug Jones is now v.p. and €len. rngr. of Ilanrrner l.unrber ('o.. Irugene. Or., according to W-vman Hammer, pre s.

Jim O'Bryon is store nigr. at Lunrberiack's new Sacrarnento store: Lyle Gregory rs mr'r.ltrrtdisinp nlgr.. according to Jay Steiner.

Raul Fernandez is new to the salcs de pt., American Wholesale llardware ('o., l-ong Beach. ('a.. according to Fred Hill.

W. l\lichael VcGinness is now asrl. controller ol Thc Plcific Lunrber ( o.

Phil Nishirnoto has becn electctl grrcstdcnt ol LNlA's Yor,rng \\'estertttr's (.luh. Brian Ridgervaf is v.p., Ken Hunewill is s.'c.-1 rers.

Robert W. Nord is tht ncrr,'prcs. o1 thc I . -\. \ord ('o.. I:r'ere1l. Wa.. succeeding the lete Eric A. Nord, l oun dc r-p re sidc rr t

Howard Rader hes returned 1o lhe lrading force at l)orllatrd's Jetvctt('arneron Lurnber ('cr

Jim Rasrnussen has becn nantetl ntgr. of \\'ertcln \\'ootls \\'hrtlcslrlc's ncrv Salt I rkt' ( ity,)pr'13li',n.

Bill Griebeler has retired as drrector ol' planning for the ..\nrcrie an Plf ii'ood Assn.

Mike Nasser has ioined Srrnrise Forest Prodttcts' warehousc div. in [)ortland. according to Al tsufkin.

Sarn Fineman, prcs.. B.'l-'\ir Door ('o.. Alhartthra. C'a.. 'uvas a rcccn I businr'\s visil{)r to Slur I rJrtr'jsr'rr.

Lois Bright is now slles stn'ice Ittgr. irt Sinrpson tluilding SLrpply ('o., Surtta ('lara. ( a.; Dave Ellis rttove d up to scrtior salcs rtp. fot Sirltpson I irnbcr's Il) wood & rlor>r tltv.. Sunta ('lare: Gary Kersting is l)o\r' prrrcltasing supcrvis()ri Dontra Trigsteg 1n()vcs rilt lo ritlict trgr. \c$' frrc Jirl Skran xnd Bruce Fitzpatrick. Dave Towne has translcrrcd to Kirklanii. \\'4.. iulo indLrstrial sales. ,\r slls( o. ('errilOs. ( e.. Rod Haney lnd Neal DeWitt havc bcen prornoted to sales rcps. attd Bryan O'Hagatr entl Rick Blakentore are ncw salesrltcn. Kent Slturburne has dcpartcci to rtturn to tltc Ll rtiv. iii \\'1. to ge1 his \{BA.

Wesley A. Slreehy and Thonras B. Gardiner huve .joined LouisilnaI'acifie nt'1. ply rvood & penel sales. Santa Rosa. ('a.. according 1o Richard E. Nichols. ge n. sahs nrgr.. panel prodt-tc1s.

Bill Fox rs brck e1 \1ar IIill l.urrtbcr ( o.. l)asadtna. ( a.. alter a "barefoot enrisc" on a sailing ship ou1 o1'Florida thru 1he ( aribbt.rn.

Williarn D. Ruckelshaus,'1-1. lortrcr Asst. Altornry (ientnil r'"lro lelttlrc \ixon,\rlrrtinistrltion riuring the so-cllled "Salurday night nlrssur'rc." It;rs r,rirtetl \\ r'1 r'r)t,rcit.r't .r- -( lti,)r v.p.. concentreting on "cxtcrnll rrlationships."

Kathi Barry has replaced Bill Gaittens rs cxeLr. see. of lhr Indtpcndent Vcntrr Produccrs.\sslt. []e is norv ilirtctor ol lrlv. & plonto. lttr l:aglc Forcst Prodrrcls. Slcratnci)t(). ( a.

Hollisler Larson rs Wcslenr I orrsl IllLitt>tttc: -\..,"111i,'11'' 11111 tttrll itt i\l t. and ld.. replrcing rctiring Russ Cet t)'.

Norrn Mikalsorr is tltc now prts. ()l lhc Spokane (Wl.) ilor-r-lIoo ( lLrb. John Iloward is 1:l r'.p.: Bob Grotel'enrl. lrti \'.f i Ernie Wales, scc.trces. I)ircctors: Arnold Hiebert. Walt I\laes. Dick Stokes, Kris \{rles. lnd Gene Zanck.

John 1\ales rtccntly'ioined the Di- (li',rti,t ( ,'t1r.. \',1, I:rrtt.i..,,.

L.D. "Hote" Houghton is the sales manager of the newly-formed Trend All-Wood Products, Inc., Arcata, Ca. John Kelly is pres.

Don Kerns is heading up the new trucking division at Western Empire Forest Products, Eugene, Or.

Gary M. Kirscher is now selling for Georgia-Pacific's Oakland, Ca., bldg. mtls. sales ofiice. He had been in Spokane, Wa.

Don Philips, Philips Lumber Sales, Thousand Oaks, Ca., spent a recent week in Vancouver, B.C., calling on sawmills.

Edward R. Stainback is the new pres. of the Gypsum Assn. He's also senior v.p. and gen. mgr. of Flintkote's bldg. products div.

Raymond E. Baker, chairman of the board and c.e.o. of Southwest Forest Industries. has been elected a director of Phoenix's Valley National Bank.

Scott Griswold is now at Fremont Forest Products' Eugene, Or., office.

John DeMarco, Sr. is now with Wickiup Forest Products in Bend, Or,

S.M. "Van" Van Kfuk, following completion of 25 years as managing officer of the National Building Material Distributors Assn., plans to retire Dec., l Frank E. O'Dowd, formerly with Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago, will replace him.

Dick Cameron is now selling for Noble Lumber Co,, San Raphael, Ca., according to Chuck Noble.

Frank Stanger, Simpson Building Sup- ply, Cerritos, Ca., is back from an Idaho vacation.

Burt Dennis, Wickes Forest Industries and Ben and Dan Doerksen, Doerksen Building Materials, Reedley, Ca., cooperated to donate lumber, labor and transportation to help build a nearby Sequoia Lake YMCA camp.

Bruce Pohle, Southern Lumber Co., San Jose, Ca., recently flew all his employees to Disneyland for the day as "a little R&R for the great job they've been doing,"

Louise Bezaire, Sterling Lumber, is the new pres. of the Los Angeles HooHooEtte club; Evelyn Miller, Mul- lin Lumber, San Gabriel, Ca., is employment chairperson and Hazel Tandy is handling publicity.

David Phares has been promoted to advertising mgr. of the California Redwood Assn,, San Francisco, according to Pat Young, promotion director,

George Kreiss, Simpson Timber, Santa Clara, Ca., is back from an Oregon business trip.

Robert M. Lincoln, former c.e.o.. has resigned as chairman of the board and a director of Payless Cashways, Inc., Denver, and left the company. He is succeed by J. Stanley Covey. Oran E. Watson was elected pres.; David W. Johnson exec. v.p. and corp. sec.; Merle G. Hokanson v.p.merchandising; and Dean Longnecker was named treasurer.

John Dunkin, flgr., Grants Pass Moulding Co., Grants Pass, Or. teamed up with Don Crane, Crane Mills, Corning, Ca., to take second place in the l2th annual Butte Creek Country Club Invitational Golf Tourney at Chico, Ca. And it was only Dunkin's second golf game of the year! Just think what he could do if he played four times ayeirl...

Joe Tidwell, All-Coast Forest Products, Whittier, Ca., won a free trip to Lake Tahoe in a Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club #16 raffle reports Betty Foster of Masonite.

Al Binder is new in sales for Eckstrom Plywood, L.A., according to Ed Abdella, pres.

Ken Rainey has been promoted to gen. sales mgr., DG Shelter Products, Sacramento div., according to Tim McGagin, div. exec. gen. mgr. Ken is responsible for div. sales activity for lumber, millwork, Vita Bark and Firelog operations.

Mark Lofland, Products Sales Co., Newport Beach, Ca., is back from a recent Las Vegas mini-vacation, Mike Parli has joined Capital Lumber Co., Phoenix, according to John Gaskin. pres.

Gary Hansen has departed Redwood Empire Inc., Morgan Hill, Ca., to buy Castro Valley Lumber Co. from Ralph Boshion, the nowretired former owner.

Long Dimension

Rough Dimension

Other Douglas Fir ltems

SOME 300 present made a big success 0f the Annual Reveille, co-sponsored this year by 0akland Hoo-Hoo Club and Dubs Ltd., a golfing group composed primarily of lumbermen. Don Cook, Higgins Lumber, Union City, Ca., won Lumberman of the Year Award, a no. of golf prizes were awarded. Event was held at Pleasanton. Oakland club's June meeting was a night at the 0akland "A"'s baseball game. (l) Bob Bras, Mike Edgar, Dick Masalom. Jeff Barnes. (2) Joe Cortese, Steve Ellis, Joe Aknin, Jack Kleinsaser, Manual Lavrador, Frank Bruno. (3) Jim Misfelt, Earl

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